MN-Dad-2016
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Disclaimer: I hope I copied this correctly from the previous post.
Yes, no question. The ROI must be considered. However, I think that my point was not fully addressed. What I am saying is that the ROI should be considered in the milieu of factors in evaluating the effectiveness of the Prep School, but issues about considering whether the Prep School should be in existence cannot be distilled down to the ROI alone. If the Prep School has unacceptable graduation rates at the SA, than the administration of the Prep School should be tasked with improving their graduation rate. That is a totally different issue than getting rid of the Prep School.
You seem to agree, in part, with this assessment. The reason I say so is because you do recognize that the SA's themselves do have value beyond their ROI. I am saying the same thing about the Prep School.
Additionally, I am aware of the argument to get rid of the SA's, also largely based on the ROI, and I am also aware of the comparison of the ROI's between the SA's, ROTC and OCS. My problem is that I am not impressed by "smart people."
If you don't have a dog in the fight it is easier to absorb what the naysayers of SA's are saying. They do have some valid points. But like many debates, the correct answer is somewhere in between the two points of view.
At the end of the day, I want our country to have a World Class military and I support that approach. I want complete confidence that we are going to win. If I was at the helm, I would want to execute that plan as efficiently as possible.